First Water Drop

[412 Burgh]

First time trying to get a water drop! Probably one of the most popular, so I had to give it a try for myself :lmao:


F-stop 5.6
Exposure Time 1/80
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 105mm
Flash: On board Camera

1. 100% Original

DSC_0033 by ZDiB, on Flickr

2. Cropped

drop by ZDiB, on Flickr

 

[behanana]

Looks good, what did you do to get the green, add food coloring? I like it though.

 

[412 Burgh]

Looks good, what did you do to get the green, add food coloring? I like it though.

Add a tad of yellow food coloring, had paper on bottom and 3 sides of the bowl

 

[mishele]

Drops are fun fun fun!! I think you need to change up your angle. The looking down angle doesn't give you a good DoF. Keep shooting!!
Take a look at this........

 

[412 Burgh]

I shot that in a small measuring cup. I had to use that angle to get the lines out of the way. I am in the process of finding a better cup/glass to shoot out of. When using my tripod, I wasn't achieving my desired shots

But thank you for CC I will try it out soon!

 

[lyonsroar]

Angle. Angle. Angle.

Protip: use a shallow cake pan. No need to have 4 inches of water in the reservoir!


Levitation by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr

 

[412 Burgh]

Yeah, I'm going to try a new one today with a shallower container and new angle!

 

[rambler]

Hey, pretty cool. Thanks for the video link, too. I am glad you cropped the image. The corners in the "100% view" (esp. the upper left) were distracting.

 

[Stradawhovious]

Last time I did this, I used a 10 gallon fish tank, and ocf. I shot through the glass and was able to get an almost straight on angle.

Just food for thought.

 

[412 Burgh]

EDIT:
Orange-Drop by ZDiB, on Flickr

ORIGINAL:

DSC_0033 by ZDiB, on Flickr

 

[mishele]

WOOOOHOOOO!! They look sooo much better!! Great job!! Now that you have the basics down think outside of the box and get creative w/ it!!

 

[412 Burgh]

something about the color in the first one I just love! but I did do it again today with paper underneath and on the sides to give it the orange color... Only difference is angle, and I used a plastic container for leftovers. Last time I used glass (that's why I think I got more color)